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Jenna peeked around a corner before entering the next hallway with TER extended before her. She kept low whenever she turned a corner to give Jonas and Sgt. Harris a clear shot. She'd been on edge since they had returned through the Stargate and she wasn't sure why.
You know why, Emillynn whispered in her head.
No, I don't. Why don't you tell me. Jenna crept down the corridor before her to the next juncture and tried to maintain focus on their objective. She liked Emillynn well enough but didn't feel she really knew her by just her memories alone. She was learning though, that Emillynn had a thing for psychoanalyzing everything that floated to the surface. A definite minus in her book.
You're worried about whether or not Col. Wilcox will accept you or not.
I don't even know if Jonas has had a chance to tell him.
And if he has, what will you do?
I don't know, Emillynn. On the one hand, it would be nice to no longer keep secrets. On the other, what if this is something that the Colonel doesn't want?
Jenna stepped around another corner and quickly pulled back, bumping Jonas as she did, and avoiding the green laser fire of a hybrid's weapon. She came back with Jonas aiming above her to return fire. You know what? Maybe now isn't the time to have this discussion.
Very well.
Shots were fired back and forth; each person flinching in turn as sparks flew when energy made contact with the concrete around them. The hybrid finally went down with a center mass shot from Jenna's TER gun. More accurately the bottom half went down and the top half went everywhere else.
"Did either of you catch a count?" Harris asked.
"I counted just the one," Jonas replied.
"Same here."
"Alright, then let's move out." Harris then unclipped his radio and reported in before following the other two. "We've got one down and messy in C3 West. You're clear to close blast doors."
"Acknowledged, blast doors closing," came the reply.
The group moved forward stepping over what was left of the hybrid. Jonas remembered reading about what a pain it had been cleaning up the last time the Reetou had infiltrated. Haz-mat members had to take turns holding the TERs over the remains for hours until they were sure they'd gathered every disgusting piece.
"At least they'll know if they've gotten every piece this time," Jonas mumbled, noting how what was left became visible with the death of the hybrid.
"What?" Jenna asked.
"Nothing."
"Close blast doors C4 West," Harris said. They were half way closed when Jenna felt a sharp pain in her head as Emillynn began to shift with agitation. A green blast just missed her as she bent forward and grabbed her head with her left hand and at the same time tried to aim with her right. The blast struck Harris square in the chest throwing him back through the blast doors before they completely shut.
Looking up, Jenna spotted the hybrid as it turned a corner and headed down a hallway just ten feet away. Jonas had fired his zat repeatedly in the direction the laser fire had come from to no avail. The hybrid was too quick and had already disappeared.
Jenna straightened herself and mentally moved aside to allow Emillynn control as she took off toward the hallway, Jonas just a step behind her with radio in hand reporting their status. Keeping the TER trained ahead of her, Emillynn slowed as she reached the corner waiting for the repulsive feeling that the Reetou's presence caused. Not feeling it she peeked her head around the corner with the TER already pointed ahead of her.
"Anything?" Jonas whispered.
"No, but it couldn't have gotten far." Emillynn moved around the corner and took off at a fast trot keeping her senses open and weapon ready in a two handed grip in front of her.
Jonas found it disorienting the way Jenna relinquished control and Emillynn appeared. He'd been around Tok'ra on several occasions but always those who'd already been blended. It was a strange feeling to be around someone who'd he'd know before a blending and he began to speculate about what affect this would have on Jenna's personality. Before he let his thoughts get too far though, he had to mentally shake himself. This was not the time for such speculation. There will be time enough for that later, he thought, hopefully there'd be a later.
They had moved at a quick pace, leap frogging from hallway to hallway, checking one more section and closing another set of blast doors before continuing on down one of the more narrow corridors. Ahead and to the right they heard movement. It sounded more like a scuffle as they crept near. There was a grunt and a flash of green light as they reached the corner and came around. Before them was a sight that would have made Jenna freeze if she had been in control. Two members of one of the search teams were down. One sitting against the wall and leaning to the side, a massive blood filled hole was in the center of his chest. The second one, a Tok'ra that Emillynn recognized as Norel, laid in the center of the hallway a pool of blood spreading beneath his head. As upsetting as those two sights were it was the third that affected Jenna the most and made Emillynn feel a pang of sympathy for her.
Standing over the bodies were two Reetou hybrids the smaller of the two could have been the one that they'd been chasing. It was the bigger one, however, that held all the attention as it stood menacingly with a death grip on Wilcox's throat. His face was already turning purple from the pressure and he was trying his hardest to release the grip on his neck.
Jonas aimed for the smaller hybrid while Emillynn pulled out her own zat to aim for the larger. She didn't want to risk hitting Wilcox with the TER and while the zat wasn't as messy it would be just as effective with less risk to the Colonel. Jonas's target went down, but the time it took for Emillynn to get her zat was just enough for the larger one to realize what was going on. It took one look at its falling comrade and roared its outrage, bringing Wilcox back then tossing him at its attackers.
Wilcox's body knocked Emillynn and Jonas down and the hybrid took the opportunity to bring its own weapon up to fire. They had just enough time to raise their heads up before it fired and, witnessed instead, the hybrid's own demise as it exploded before their eyes.